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.. the banks are really going to hate this . But , it will teach them an important lesson about loans and U.S. governments , in particular the states . They will have to book their losses , and quit whining ..

.. Puerto Rico is going to have to be realistic . Their government is far too big . Their debt load is far too large for them to manage properly . also , their scope of their government and services is waaay too broad . Simple , the commonwealth cannot afford the current size of government . Things will have to change ..

.. Caroline Glick knows what she is talking about . She is married , a mother of two kids , but she is also a veteran of the I.D.F. intelligence branch for a number of years . She did that before she entered into journalism …

.. you may wonder why she knows the ObamaCraps so well , especially from reading her column at CarolineGlick.com . Easy . She is a dual national , having been born here in the U.S. in the Hyde Park section of Chicago , Illinois . yep , it is the same section of Chicagoland that His Lordship and his family live in now …

.. there is only so much influence that China can have on THE DPRK . They [China] do not provide much economic support to them at all . Neither does anyone else .. North Koreans have , somehow , managed to orbit a satellite . It was not a repetition of the ham – handed klutzy stunt that the attempted the last time [about a year ago ] ..

.. may god Help us all if they figure out the ” minitureization ” question . Then they will be able to threaten everyone around the Pacific Rim , including the West coast of the U.S. , Alaska , and Hawaii ..

.. It is time to triple – time it on all phases of missile defense . In particular , due to the actions of the insanse [North Korea] and the religious lunatics [Iran]…

.. Francois Fillon has become a very Strong candidate for President of france . He persuaded a FOrMEr Pres , Nicholas Sarkozy , to withdraw from the race . The French Right held a primary in order to select their candidate . So far , the Socialists are not doing so . Fillon won and is in a strong position to win the national election ..

.. The Socialists have a serious problem . Incumbent Pres Francois Hollande is running for re – election .. As many as 3 other candidates , including current pm Maniel ValLS , are going to RUN . which creates a serious problem for Hollande . The Socialists have no primary like the Right does . Ergo , All 4 Socialists will be on the ballot in the first round of the eLEction ..

.. France runs their elections in a similar method to the u.s. state of Louisiana . The 1st round is A ” jungle primary ” , where everybody is on the ballot . If nobdy gets to 50 % , then the top two vote getters advance to a runoff election . Because of this , the Socialists , incl. Hollande , risk not getting thru to the runoff . The French Right [fillon] and the national Front [Maxine Le Pen would make it , where fillon would crush le Pen … x

.. I wanted to give this one an extra special flourish because I am particularly and directly offended by what is happening ..

.. the Cuban Communists have won the diplomatic game , for now . That game is legitimacy . The recognition by our country was bad enough . It gave them the legitimacy of a peaceful and legit government over the Cuban people . But the opening of embassies is another huge step . You don’t open an embassy in a nation in whom has not acted or earned moral legitimacy . The Cuban government has earned none . They have won the game by the worst fashion ..

.. how did they do that ? By our government [the United States government] conceding the moral high ground and walking off of the diplomatic field of play . You don’t win when you don’t play . We have plenty of cards to play . We did not play them . The ObamaCraps refused to . They felt that to do so would be a moral conceit on our part over the Cuban government . Well , it wasn’t . We [as a democratic nation] are morally superior to a totalitarian government [Cuban Communists] that rule their people by the rule of a gun …

.. The Cuban Communist government has no legitimacy to govern their nationa . Ergo , we should not damn well recognize them , much less open an embassy in Havana …

.. each patrolling B.P. agent should have both a handgun [or two] and a M4 carbine . These folks should be well – armed and properly armed . They should not , repeat not be sharing weapons and ammunition ….

.. it is a resolution that would normally pass the Security Council . The big question is our own country . Normally , a veto at the U.N.S.C. is an easy call to expect . But , remember , we have the First Wuss in the President ‘ s Mansion . So , ….

.. he will not vote in favour , but he also may not veto the resolution , either . So , it will take effect . To what effect , lord knows ….

— [update] — the U.S. voted against , but did not veto the resolution . Boy , did the First Wuss look weak and disgusting in this one ….

.. the Ukrainians are Western – leaning and economic – freedom seeking . They are working to clean up their act . While not entirely a bunch of Boy Scouts , they are also not the Devil , either . They are a free and democratic people , worthy of our support …

.. NATO should be prepared to intervene , if necessary . Short of that , we should act to give Ukraine all types of support . Moral , financial , as well as military [arms , weapons , munitions , advisers]..

.. Miz Hillary has enough problems as it is . The F.B.I. probe into e mails and her private server has raised quite a hassle for her presidential campaign . So another issue will not help ..

.. now this ..

.. She signed a Non Disclosure Agreement when she became SecState in the altter part of January of 2009 . This agreement relates to our nation ‘ s security , classified information , and , in particular , to a level of classified information that is called Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmentalized Information . This is a damn serious thing …

.. SCI is as high a level of security as it gets . To screw around with this kind of information is a deadly serious matter . It is to the point that the negligent handling of SCI info is a crime . Specifically , it is a felony …

.. Miz Hillary signed this form , and yet she still had her private email computer server . You have to wonder what in the hell was she thinking ?? …

.. thankfully , that we know of , only the unclassified e – mails were breached . No , only some of them were read …

.. still , that is a very serious security breach . The unclassified system still carries a great deal of White House correspondence , including a fair bit of that of Potus . sO , WHAT ARE THOSE KNUCKLEHEAds doing about it to fix the security breaches …

.. so , she is going to have to answer questions . Questions that she is not going to want to answer . And it will not be a one – off sessions of answering questions , either . Those questions will keep popping up , again and again …

.. the Russians perceive weakness . They smell weakness in our POTUS . So , they are going to try and see what they think that they can get away with while Obama is still in office . Which can be very dangerous …

.. weakness shows danger . It also can beget miscalculation . If one side or the other is not very , very careful , then there can be , at the very least , a diplomatic incident . It could be worse , though … Much worse …

.. if Debka is right [and they usually are] , there are secret protocols to the poroposed Iran Nuclear deal . That is actually the ture part of the Iran Deal , by my guess …

.. I think that the ObamaCraps and the Iranian Mullahs released a different set of ” fact sheets ” on purpose . They are trying to sell the deal to their own domestic audiences , using the public details to do it . While all the while , there are secret protocols [designed never to see the light of day] , that is the actual deal …

.. also , His Lordship and his minions think that they can ” waive a magic wand ” [by exec action] and abolish the Congressional – based sanctions . even those those sanctions carry the basic force of laW > Obama should know better . If he wants them gone , he is going to have to play ball with Congress. More than anything else , Congerss does not trust him …

.. does Congress really trust him enough to remove sanctions ? to be rather blunt and honest , No . So , there will be no deal …

.. so what happens with the ObamaCrap White House ?!?! They have a massive hissy snit – fit …

.. they act as if PM Bibi ” spat ” in their face . Nothing could be further from the truth . Congress wants to hear from someone overseas [not connected to the ObamaCraps] who is in favour of the Iran sanctions bill . Like the ObamaCraps , Congress is using a foreign leader to make its case …

.. [h/t — TimesOfIsrael.com]..
.. [link] to the news article …

.. I worry about this country ‘ s safety and security , at least while the ObamaCraps still have their hands on the levers of power . Sooner or later , they are going to do something really stoopid , and then …

.. Congress must act , whether POTUS likes it or not . At a minimum , Congress should and must pass a new sanctions bill . It would be one that would give the body the power to review any final deal on sanctions with Iran . Yes , POTUS will veto it , but that does not matter . Congress must step in and override his veto …

.. that is only a starting point . The overall sanctions regime must be reviewed , and then must be tightened . Iran must be educated and made to understand that the United States cannot and will not back down …

.. the P.A. upped the ante by petitioning to join the International Criminal Court . They are not just acting to pressure the U.S. : their target is Israel . His Lordship is , unfortunately , a possibly willing accomplice …

.. POTUS acts as if he is a power unto himself . He is so damn arrogant that he does not seem to realize that there are limits to executive power . POTUS is not , as the Latinos call it , a caudillo , whose own word is law . He is a law unto himself . Un – uh . Our nation and our Constitution do not work that way ..

.. POTUS is the head of the Executive Branch . He / she is the head of one of three co – equal branches . If one branch [the Executive] starts to get too big for their britches , then one or both of the other two branches can and will strike back ..the blog post …

.. In this case , it is SCOTUS who has struck back , and handed the E.P.A. a stunning loss . It still applies , even with the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia ..

.. The E.P.A. has proposed what is known as the ” CleaN Power Plan . ” The plan is nothing more than a gigantic gross regulatory overreach into al of our lives . It also allows the OC to implement their Climate change plans by stealth , anD NOT BY LAW . wEll , the courts are having nothing of it .>

.. SCOUTS saw this COMing . It also saw a OC – stuffed dc appeals circuit that ould play aournd with the plan so that Scotus COULD not get its hands on it . WEll ,, SCOTUS saw right thru that stunt , and slapped down the D.C. Circuit , as well as the O.C. ..

.. the mullahs in Qum , the p5 + 1 [including the U.S.] both agreed to “side deals ” that were not supposed to be disclosed . Whoops ! …

.. ironically , who caught these idiots ? the Associated Press , of all people . They worked their buns off , and caught the other parties in the act . The ObamaCraps are still in denial about it , though . Which figures …

.. Iran , in an unusual arrangement , will be allowed to use its own experts to inspect a site it allegedly used to develop nuclear arms under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work, according to a document seen by The Associated Press . The revelation is sure to roil American and Israeli critics of the main Iran deal signed by the U . S . , Iran , and the P5 world powers in July . Those critics have complained that the deal is built on trust of the Iranians, a claim the U.S. has denied . The investigation of the Parchin nuclear site by the International Atomic Energy Agency is linked to a broader probe of allegations that Iran has worked on atomic weapons. That investigation is part of the overarching nuclear deal . The Parchin deal is a separate, side agreement worked out between the IAEA and Iran. The United States and the five other world powers that signed the Iran nuclear deal were not party to this agreement but were briefed on it by the IAEA and endorsed it as part of the larger package .

.. Without divulging its contents, the Obama administration has described the document as nothing more than a routine technical arrangement between Iran and the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency on the particulars of inspecting the site .

The agreement diverges from normal inspection procedures between the IAEA and a member country by essentially ceding the agency’s investigative authority to Iran. It allows Tehran to employ its own experts and equipment in the search for evidence for activities that it has consistently denied — trying to develop nuclear weapons…Olli Heinonen, who was in charge of the Iran probe as deputy IAEA director general from 2005 to 2010, said he can think of no instance where a country being probed was allowed to do its own investigation. Iran has refused access to Parchin for years and has denied any interest in — or work on — nuclear weapons. Based on U.S., Israeli and other intelligence and its own research, the IAEA suspects that the Islamic Republic may have experimented with high-explosive detonators for nuclear arms at that military facility and other weapons-related work elsewhere. The IAEA has repeatedly cited evidence, based on satellite images, of possible attempts to sanitize the site since the alleged work stopped more than a decade ago.

.. U.S. — the fallout will primarily be political . If things are were not bad enough as it is , this will help that makes things even worse . The House GOP ionopenly contemptuous of POTUS . They have no confidence in the man . More than that , they have no trust in the man to do even the rudimentary parts of his job . It is the principla reason why [for example] there will be no immigration reform bill during POTUS ‘ time in office . Barack Obama cannot be trusted at all .

.. More than that , he is a walking talking impeachment case , one just waiting to happen . He keeps pokeing and provoking the GOP , he is trying to get them to overreact . WEll , sooner or later , no , it does not mean that they will overreact . s mean that sometime soon that His Lordship will push the Congress too far …

.. Israel — mostly the fallout will be internal , in Israel ‘ s security establishment . It will be in part getting caught spying on an ally . The other part is information sharing . They need to be much more careful about what information is shared and who that it is shared with . They need to remember an old adage , that is that Loose Lips Sink Ships …

.. given the actions of the ObamaCrap Administration , I would place far more trust , faith , and confidence in the intel estimates of the Israelis . They understand the ” beast . ” They have the entirety of their nation ‘ s security on the line . We do not . We can afford a screwup , while Israel cannot , not even once …

.. Israel ‘ s intel services may well have political and philosophical leanings . However , they do not allow those leaning to queer their objectivity . Unfortunately , here in the U.S. , the Intelligence community has a sickening habit of allowing its biases to constantly interfere with its work product . So there is a marked difference in opinion between the two outputs …

.. it is not exactly a big surprise that Israel spies on us. Who doesn’t . …

.. Israel has good reason to engage in such levels of spying . They need an extra ” insight ” , even into their allies . Their overall national security posture depends on it . It then givens their leadership the information that they need in order to deal with crises , even unforseen ones …So , they do what they have to do …

.. Adam Entous wrote an excellent article . It gives insight as to the current thinking of the ObamaCraps . Especially as arrogant and paranoid as they are , they had to be enraged about the spying . Most times , our country would at least be understanding . Not with this Administration . They are openly hostile towards Israel . They would stab them in the back , and cut them loose completely if they thought that they could get away with it …

.. Canada was about due for a general election . The one remaining element , though , is the timing . That can be tricky , and can blow up in an incumbent Prime Minister ‘ s face ..

.. Canada ‘ s economy is somewhat weak right now . Canada , like Australia , is heavily dependent on natural resources and agriculture for its livelihood . In Canada ‘ s case it is less so , less than Australia . That is because of the 100 , 000 ton gorilla [the good ol ‘ U.S.ofA.] right next door . No one could help but be infuluenced by such a hyperpower ..

.. Canadians are fiercly protective of their independence , and more so of their national identity . They pride themselves on being an equal partner in the G – 7 , the g – 20 , the U.N. , and other international organizations .But , like Mexico , they also resent being pushed around by the Colossus ..

.. A good bit of this campaign will be about how Canada sees its role in the world . Many Canadians are internationalist , and it is a rare Canuck that is an isolationist . But how they carry that identity out is a very big issue ..

.. I think that the E.U. has reached the end of the line with Greece . They have negotiated and manuveured with the Tsipras Government , but to no avail . Now the Greeks have set forth a July 5th referendum on the reforms that the E.U. wants Greece to adopt . So , what happens now …

.. at the least , Greece will be in default to the I.M.F. . This is a situation that will be unprecedented in international finance . It is a very good question about what the I.M.F. is going to do about it …

.. by Congressional tradition , only POTUS [even this louse] can speak to a Joint Session of both Houses of Congress . No one else . Everyone else , no matter who it is , speaks to a Joint Meeting of the Houses …

.. once I have it , I will post [hopefully of good quality] a video of Bibi ‘ s speech . It is important , damned important , in the debate over any possible nuclear agreement with the Mullahs in Qum [Iran] …

.. yes , it is intervention in the Israeli election . Netanyahu is , to be honest , far more preferable than most of the other candidates for PM . However , the signal is meant here [stateside] , not for Israelis . Also , the ObamaCraps have no room to complain …